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Middle East Studies

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OSGA's Middle East Studies programme focuses primarily on research, supervision of post graduate work, and teaching on the following subjects: Iranian Studies (through the work of Professor Maryam Alemzadeh); Comparative Politics of the Middle East (through the work of Professor Neil Ketchley); and Israel Studies (through the work of Professor Yaacov Yadgar).

The programme sustains a vibrant intellectual environment through a list of seminars, research forums, and conferences. 

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MSc in Modern Middle East Studies

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MPhil in Global and Area Studies

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DPhil in Area Studies

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News

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Award won by Professor Neil Ketchley

30 July 2025
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Professor Yaacov Yadgar interviewed about latest book

30 July 2025
Neil Ketchley

Professor Neil Ketchley wins the 2024 Fred Halliday Award

29 January 2025
The award recognizes Professor Ketchley's pioneering work on collective protest and mass mobilisation in the region ... (more)

Research

UK-Japan Research Consortium: Foundation for Original, Team-Based, Research in the Modern Middle East, Phase II

18 March 2025

Infrastructures of Anti-Colonial Revolt: Mass Politics in the 1919 Egyptian Revolution

15 January 2025

Arab Public Data Initiative

15 January 2025

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The Israel Studies Seminar Podcast

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Women's Rights Research Seminar

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